Episode 441
Can We Keep our Kids Too Safe?
Julian Adorney from the Foundatin for Economic Education argues against a trend of overprotecting children. Is critique of a "safetyist" mindset is that it doesn't allow for children to learn via mistakes (even painful ones) and that eventually leads to a risk-averse society that stimies creative thinking and innovation. https://mises.org/wire/want-protect-children-dont-embrace-safetyism
American Viewpoints · Julian Adorney, Mike Ferguson
January 9, 202310m 2s
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Show Notes
Julian Adorney from the Foundatin for Economic Education argues against a trend of overprotecting children. Is critique of a "safetyist" mindset is that it doesn't allow for children to learn via mistakes (even painful ones) and that eventually leads to a risk-averse society that stimies creative thinking and innovation.
https://mises.org/wire/want-protect-children-dont-embrace-safetyism
Topics
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